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Have all cities lost people due to COVID-19, or just a few high-cost ones?
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How Detroit, historical home of the U.S. automotive industry, can create a culture of transit and the equitable transportation system its residents need.
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With a little help and encouragement, active and micro modes, including walking, bicycling, scooters, e-bikes, and their variants, can provide huge benefits.
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Regulating alcohol in the public realm.
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A little pre-Purim humor (well, attempted humor anyway).
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Six components of a strategic plan for city and regions to guide their short-term actions for equitable economic recovery from the pandemic.
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The latest in a series of compendia gathering news and analysis about the effects of the COVID-19 on the built and natural environments—now and long into the future.
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Some scientists and city officials are moving ahead with a different way to track the virus’s spread: wastewater testing.
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Stadium footprints are enormous. It's time to get smarter about how they are used.
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You just got the top transportation job in the country. What are your priorities? Who are your allies? And one last question: Do you even want the job?
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The events of the past year shows that the law of supply and demand applies to urban housing, and that gentrification can, in fact, be subdued.
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Many companies set goals to achieve by 2020 and came up short, while the effects of climate change were more obvious than ever in the year that was 2020.
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Singapore's carefully designed public housing that supports mixed-incomes, green space, and access to high-quality transportation is a good benchmark for the Biden administration's new push to root out systemic racism in the housing market.
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The nation is now tasked with the challenge of changing course in the middle of multiple, global crises. The necessity of finding a way to overcome the failures of the past and lay the groundwork for a new kind of future has never been more clear.
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Communities have good reasons to protect trees and forests. Planners can help make this happen.
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Contrary to popular myth, the disabled drive less than other Americans.
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Are HOAs in cities a good thing? Not always. Keep reading to learn more.
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Cities around the world are demonstrating that net zero carbon buildings—including net zero low-income housing—can be built cost effectively.
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Commemorate Inauguration Day by digging deep into the promises and potential of the Biden Administration.
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Simon Winchester's new book, Land, brings global scope to the concepts of land use.
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Checking in with the numerous risks in the housing market as the economic fallout of the pandemic as approaches it approaches its second year.
